What are we called?

[FrodoFriend]

Star Trek fans are Trekkies.

X-Files fans are X-Philes.

Do we get a geeky name too?

[IronParrot]

"The Nerd of the Rings"

[emplynx]

Some say "Ringers."

[bropous]

Tolkieites?

Hobbiters?

Silmarillioners?

I think I prefer "Tolkien fan". "Tolkien Freak" kinda gets under my bark....[smile!]

[FrodoFriend]

"Ringers" . . . I sorta like that, except it reminds me of ringworm.

[Wayfarer]

Zealots.

[bropous]

"Tolkian Fundamentalists?"

"Tolkiban"?

"Al-Tolkiena"?

LOL!

How 'bout just "Loyal Readers".

[Lelondul]

Middle-earth Historians/Connoisseurs/Enthusiasts (insert your favorite).

Why have a dorky nickname for our interests when they lie in such rich, classical roots?

[Gimly]

Tolkienists :D

[Strange-Looking Lurker]

Tolkien Freak

[Renille]

Originally posted by Lelondul


Why have a dorky nickname for our interests when they lie in such rich, classical roots?

Because people are jealous of us and show their small mental capacity by giving us dorky nicknames. :p

I think Tolkienites.

[CardenIAntauraNauco]

ringdings?(like wingdings....yeah I know...it's stupid)

[bropous]

How 'bout this, folks:

"Extremely insightful and deeply reflective individuals of rare character and quality who share a deep and abiding knowledge of literary masterworks of extreme detail and delightful creativity, without whom the incredible works of a tremendously talented Oxford professor would fade into obscurity"?

Nah. Tolkien Freaks it is. LOL!

[jerseydevil]

I just use Ringheads.

[Tessar]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! IP you like fox trot too?!

yay!

Bill Amend rocks don't he?

[Strange-Looking Lurker]

"Extremely insightful and deeply reflective individuals of rare character and quality who share a deep and abiding knowledge of literary masterworks of extreme detail and delightful creativity, without whom the incredible works of a tremendously talented Oxford professor would fade into obscurity"


Yes! That's it! I love that!

[Aragorn]

Don't you think it's a little lo...wait, what am I saying, PERFECT!

[bropous]

Ah, Strange-Looking Lurker and Aragorn, you two are Entings of high quality and keen logic! May your leaves forever burnish a deep green under the smiles of a friendly Sun!

[Wayfarer]

so, you're calling us all...

EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO's

How exactly would that acronym be pronounced?

[bropous]

I think it's pronounced, "bropous is the greatest Tolkien scholar", Wafarer! LOL!

See, you ain't the only "inside joker" in the ranks of Elven Warriors [wink!]. Although I'm more the Elven Warrior type who sits at the back of the formation and criticizes the moves of the leaders and throws insults at the enemy whilst hiding behind the shields of the front ranks as THEY deal with the orcs and trolls...then picks the pockets of the dead and makes off with only the comely childless well-off widows after the battle...

I gotta take my hat off to you for your dedication in assembling that acronym...good on ya! ;)

[Correction credit to BoP]

[emplynx]

Originally posted by Wayfarer
EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO's

Why would someone write that out!
TRANSLATION: Why didn't I think of that first?

I think it is pronounced
Ead-Ree-Orc-Qees-Dakle-Med-Cweeti-Whoat-Opwa-Feeo

[easterlinge]

-King's Men? (too fancy)

-Iluvatarists

[FrodoFriend]

the Other Children of Iluvatar?

Ringbearers?

Wise Tolkien Devotees Whose Knowledge of MIddle Earth Will One Day Allow Them to Rule the Earth?

If a wood elf could chuck would, how much wood would a wood elf chuck?

Well, see ya around, fellow EadReeOrcQeesDakleMedCweetiWhoatOpwaFeeo - ers!!

[bropous]

[drawling John Wayne-ish-ly] emplynx, ya better SMILE when ya say that, mister!

I gotta admit, I didn't think anyone could top Wayfarer on that one, but you surpassed even the resident inside joker. Ya little Ead-Ree-Orc-Qees-Dakle-Med-Cweeti-Whoat-Opwa-Feeo, ya!

Well done. You have a rare sense of humor, and have found your medium. ;)

[emplynx]

bropous--What do you mean I have a rare sence of humor? I prefer it well done.:cool:

[Elvellon]

why not "the Faithful"?

or "Numendili"?:)

[Play Girl]

I always like to think of us as the Lords and Ladys of the Ring/Book/Trilogy.
Or perhaps: Those of great knowlege of places far off (second star to the right me thinks) and great deeds who will one day use this information to become omnipotant!
I think we should just leave it at EadReeOrcQeesDakleMedCweetiWhoatOpwaFeeo!
Everyone seems happy at that! The other names seem rather "hasty" in the words of the ents and they should know!
Play Girl
xxx

[bropous]

Hooooom, hoooooim baaaaarrrrooooommmmm, it is not a hasty word.

[afro-elf]

OH YES!

Wayfarer and Bropous with Emplynx right behind. The Moot will never be the same.

Anyone remember "DERNHELM?" Wayfarer that cracks ( of doom)me up still.

EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO

Is great.

I like FrodoFriend's the Other Children of Iluvatar

Its more succint than the preceeding.

I prefer to take a lead from Pulp Fiction's Jules and call us some Bad!@#$$%%%^ers.

Here's one for
Wayfarer and Bropous and Emplynx to start on another thread.

To write a Pulp Fiction meets LOTR.

Has anyone been here?

http://www.angelfire.com/sk/sharkens/

Please enjoy!!!!

[Strange-Looking Lurker]

EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO....man, we've got Merry Poppins beat for sure!

[Pailan]

I always thought we were refered to as the Good Looking and Smart Ones. I have always been comfortable with that.

[Pailan]

Although a non-Tolkien friend (and what do we call those?) once referred to me as a, "Hobbit Head". I took it as a compliment. No doubt this could be misconstrued and end up in the pipe weed thread.;)

[Marille]

I have always heard people refer to LotR fans as "Ringers", or I have heard the "Faithful Fellowship" once or twice, amoung the usual "Tolkien geeks" or nerds. I prefer "Ringers" myself! :D

[Reverie]

"If a wood elf could chuck wood, how much wood would a wood elf chuck?" - FrodoFriend

I knew a guy in school named Chuck Wood (no joke) and he was once (ONCE) asked a similar question. His response, you ask... "Bend over, I'll show ya." He got detension :p

"...once referred...to as 'Hobbit Head'..." - Pailan

A new friend at the time came into my house and said "Oh...a Hobbit hole." I took it as a compliment too - I miss that house!!

[bropous]

Someone calls me a "Tolkien geek" in real life and I'll slap 'em silly! ;)

Welcome to the moot, Marille!

[aldesign]

Ringers

Yeah that sounds about right,

its the best one so far,

the pple who dont know much about LOTR, they'd call us Ringers, cos they're ignorant to the other words and definitions ur taking from the books.

:)

Thorin King Under the Mountain, Son of Tharin, Son of Thror
aka
aldesign
aka
andy

[emplynx]

Originally posted by Marille
I have always heard people refer to LotR fans as "Ringers".
That was the third post of the board!!!!
Originally posted by emplynx
Some say "Ringers."

[ragamuffin92]

Trilogites?

[Smaug]

Barrel-riders? :)

[Laurelyn]

I say "Tolkien fan," or "Tolkienite."
Of course, EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO is pretty good . . . :D

[Aragorn]

Trilogites doesn't work. LotR isn't a trilogy. Tolkien wrote it as a single book. It is just so large it is put into three books most of the time.

[allsirgarnet]

How about "Fellows"?......from The Fellowship?

[luinilwen]

i just get called a geek because my interests go into all sorts of geeky things, not just tolkien, although i was called a tolkien geek last night at trivia night! but to my friends, having read the books makes me a qualified tolkien geek. if only those same friends could see how humbled i am next to some of you tolkien scholars! :D

[Arathorn]

ummm, how about loterers

sorry, bad joke...

[eowyn144]

tolkienite is definetly the best so far.
i normally just get called weird.
how about: the sane.
that makes every1 else insane!perfect!

[Laurelyn]

I still like EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO, althogh it is a bit long. :D

[Asilynn]

Laurelin says:
I still like EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO, althogh it is a bit long.

That's my favorite too, and not only is it long, but only a fellow EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO would get it.

I'd heard us referred to as Tolkieniens before.

Asilynn

EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Brilliant and fitting as EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO is, I think I would go with "Tolkienite" or "Ringer," 'cause I have a bad memory for longer names like EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO.

Rejoice! I am now an enting!!!!!!! Well, I'm rejoicing, anyway. And now off to make lembas!

[Varda-Me]

How about Lords and/or Ladies? After all, we rule!

[Rána Eressëa]

I refer to myself as a Tolkienist. 'Tis rather proper to my tastes. *sips tea delicately*

[Earenya]

I like 'Tolkienist' professionally, but Ringheads makes me smile the most...

[ryan]

Don't call yourselves tolkienists, someone'll think its a new religion. Tolkienism, a new faction of nerdism :) Just like us wierdos that think we really are Jedi..

[Arathorn]

Harfoots, Stoors, Fallohides anyone?

In other news,
Gang silence errupted as the Stoors were stepped on by the Fallohides after a member of the former told a Harfoot that their feet were not as hairy.
Details at 8.

[mirrille]

Hmmm...If we call ourselves "The Fellowship", it will sound even more cultlike than "Tolkienists", ne?

[Earenya]

How about if ultimately we are whatever we wished to be the most- Elvin, Hobbit, Wizard, Dwarf.... Orc or Balrog if you happen to go for the Dark Side of things... (From one Jedi to the next)

[Eowyn, The Lioness]

Originally posted by Laurelyn
EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO
That works for me! Now I have to remember it and say it enough where i can say it fast and clear so that if anyone asks me what Tolkien lovers are called I can say," I am a proud member of a community of eeid-reeo-rc-qws-dak-lm-eddc-ww-tiwoa-top-wa-fios!" Then I don't have to wonder when they look at me like I have lobsters crawling out of my ears! :) :) :D :) :)

[Elf Girl]

Some of my friends call me a Tolkein maniac. But again, I am humbled by the greatness of the Tolkein lords I find here. (If I told my friends that, they'd call me a Tolkein nutcase.)

Maybe "The Enlightened Members of the All-Ruling Ring of Tolkein Lovers"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! That was almost a pun!!! Heeeeeeeeelp!!! (get it? "ruling ring"?)

or possibly "The Halfelven"

[TinuvielChild]

See my signature. I am a dedicated EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCQWWTIWOATTOPWFIO. Finally, I know how to pronounce it! Yeah! Life is good..;)

Of the other suggestions, I can't decide, although I call myself a Rabid Tolkien Addict. Yeah.

[Heather Wooltoes]

pervy, slobbering hobbit fanciers?

[BeardofPants]

"Purist"? ;)

[Sminty_Smeagol]

I do not think i would be able to remember EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO's (And it's pronunciation and original meaning) to describe myself to someone else. Perhaps we could shorten it... Perhaps so it follows the pattern of vowell/consonant...

EDIRAKEDIWOTOPI

and maybe shortening that somehow. Of course, nobody would get it, but other Mooters would know... we could get a cult sort of thing going!
hmmm... using the above ^ we could use every other vowell/consonant... EREWOP

Hm? Pointless rambling. Oh well. Just me thinking about distortion of words and such. Nobody listen to little old me!

[Firekitten2006]

I am not one of those ppl that everybody knows that I like LOTR. So i am just a normal person that just so happens to like LOTR.

Now for my friend and her sister i use a pretty nice word that covers it all. :)

obsessed

(Erin or your sister, if you see this, ya know i luv ya! LOL)

[Nurvingiel]

I'm confused Bropus, that anagram has been part of your name for a while. Did you guys collaberate in coming up with that? Or did it already exist?

I've always like "Tolkienites" personally. :)

[Nurvingiel]

I'm confused Bropus, that anagram has been part of your name for a while. Did you guys collaberate in coming up with that? Or did it already exist?

I've always like "Tolkienites" personally. :)

[BeardofPants]

It's not an anagram. It's an acronym.

I always go by Tolkienites as well.

[Arathorn]

Well, we could call ourselves Tolkientistas but it would sound like a latin american guerilla movement. :D

[Starr Polish]

I usually go by "Tolkienite", "Ringer" or "That Wierd Girl That's Into Short People With Hairy Feet".

[Nurvingiel]

:rolleyes: I really am confused... I was thinking acronym when I said it. So... where is it from?

[TinuvielChild]

This is an old thread. This is the thread where that acronym originated, back in the fires of January 2002. Bropous has EIDRIORCWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO as his title because he's the one that came up with it, way back before I joined. Yeah. :)

[bropous]

What she said.

Go back and read the early posts on this thread, that should clear things up.

[Nurvingiel]

I see (said the blind man)... thanks for your patience with my slow learning! ;) JK. Anyway, this is what I would call an epic thread!

[TinuvielChild]

Hey, Bropous, you'd be amazed at what you've begun! I've seen at least two other people who've got things like the EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCQWWTIWOATTOPWFIO in their signatures, only different:

"SOTWRAIIMLFWTICWIAAWEPAAHAADWIWTBABIIF!

Translation: SneakingOffToReadWriteAndImagineInMyLittleFantasyW
orldThatICreatedWhereIAmAWarriorElfPrincessAnAdven
turousHobbitAndADunedanWheneverIWantToBeAndBoyIsIt
Fun!"

from The Ringbearer

and there was one awhile ago in someone else's signature; I can't for the life of me remember whose, though. See the effect your creative insanity has had?!? ;) :D

[Nibs]

Could be a coincidence...

[Earniel]

Originally posted by BeardofPants
"Purist"? ;)

neh neh neh! Count me in ;)

Ususally I just use 'Tolkienfan'. Pretty unimaginative, I know. But then at least they know what you mean and don't think that you have some new strange desease.:rolleyes:

[Aeryn]

aliquantulus capillatus bipes devotus

Little Hairy Feet Devotees (Hobbit)

I believe that is the correct errr...Latin.

I was hoping for ABCD but it's ACBD oh well!

Although hats off to bropous for EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCQWWTIWOATTOPWFIO

Or perhaps.

PeopleWhoAreUnitedInLovingTheGreatestNovelistCreat ionOfAllTime.

PWAUILTGNCOAT.

This could become my new hobby. :D I have alot of time on my hands.

[Lanelf]

I heard "Tolkieniacs" once on a webpage...
How about Weird Obsessive People? WOP! (Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy anyone?)
I'm generally referred to as a Geek or Nerd, but that could be because my casual reading is thicker than my dictionary and I watch Science Fiction all night and spend all my lunchtimes on computers... I take it as a noble title.
Hey... Anyone got the Silmarillion? At the back there's an appendix of Elements in Elvish names... maybe there's something meaning "obsessive" and "ring" and stuff?
Lanelf.

[Arathorn]

Well, Professor T. once called people who were obsessed with his works as "my deplorable cultus"...

But it only applied to people who've obsessed about LOTR and the Hobbit back in the 60s and 70s which is not too many of us here.

[Lizra]

"Hobbit head" is stuck in my mind, I'm a "hobbit head". Goes back to high school, If you were a hippie, one of the slang terms that referred to you was "head". Head's often were high, so their "heads" were different! This is not related to the military term for toilet, as in I gotta "hit the head"! :D Also hippies were "freaks" so I could be a Hobbit freak just as easily!

[Elf.Freak]

Tolkienites!:D
Fellowship fans!:D
Lordoftheringsfanthatwillgoatanylengthtoget
anythinglordoftheringslike!:D

i prefer to be a Tolkienite, sounds better;)

[Lollypopgurl]

Originally posted by bropous
How 'bout this, folks:

"Extremely insightful and deeply reflective individuals of rare character and quality who share a deep and abiding knowledge of literary masterworks of extreme detail and delightful creativity, without whom the incredible works of a tremendously talented Oxford professor would fade into obscurity"?



Lol! :D :D :D :D :D

I always thought of us as Tolkienites.

[Entlover]

How bout People with way too much Time on their Hands, or Who Spend Time They Can't Afford when They Should be Doing Useful Things, on the Entmoot?

[Lizra]

Wasn't there another thread about those people? Losers? (Do your friends think you are a loser?) Ha ha!
Sometimes I can hear Gandalf telling me "Fly you fool"! (get to the kitchen, finish the laundry and cook delicious food). Eh, everybody has a passion, I'm glad mine is Tolkien instead say....NASCAR, or wrestling, or buying things I don't need on QVC! :) (no insult intended for those who enjoy such things)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

I think Tolkienites or Tolkienists. Though personally I like the ones that show our true nature. :D

[Nurvingiel]

Welcome to the 'Moot Gwaimir! :)

Tolkienites has come up a lot, and that's the one I've always preferred.

The huge acronyms are also great!

[SamwiseGamgeeOTS]

haha! i get it........wow. I think "selective geeks" sounds good.
:D

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by SamwiseGamgeeOTS
haha! i get it........wow. I think "selective geeks" sounds good.
:D

Of course, you could be really geeky, like my friends and I are, and spend time coming up with, not only names for people like us Tolkienites, but coming up with specific definitions for the words 'geek,' 'dork' and 'nerd.' :D

I think we had 'geek' meaning someone who was very involved in something specific, like Tolkien, or Star Trek, or computers. . .

[SamwiseGamgeeOTS]

yeah. me and my friends do that too. We have different levels of geekyness. haha...... I've seen Tolkienites the most on this thread and others. Maybe that's our name. or maybe, just maybe we're like Aragorn and Gandalf and have many names but are the same person. maybe different people call us differently, but in the end it all comes down to the love of things that are good, like Tolkien for instance.

[entss89]

the hobbitess maybe (or maybe i just love the ssssssssss)

[Elf Girl]

People usually refer to me as "the girl who thinks she's and Elf."

My friends call me "Elf Girl", even though they don't know my screen name here.

[Dunadan]

Originally posted by Entlover
How bout People ... or Who Spend Time They Can't Afford when They Should be Doing Useful Things, on the Entmoot?
That's me! ('cept when there's a deadline at 2pm and it's 12.40 now - cheerio!)

[Arathorn]

Um, how 'bout stinkers and slinkers? neekerbreekers? 2nd breakfast clubbers? Eorlingas?

[Arcala]

How bout Tolkien extremists

or

some people just say I'm obsessed.:)

[Elf Girl]

The Insane? Those Who Burn Pictures Of Orlando Bloom And Bring The Ashes To School? (that's me...)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Eldarin Lords (or Ladies). ;)

[gollum9630]

tolkers sounds cool. (like tokers);)

[gimli7410]

frodo fans

[gollum9630]

Originally posted by gimli7410
frodo fans

That makes no sense, not all of us like LOTR only.

[#1GaMGeeGuRL]

Here's something (it might be dumb but oh well. Its all about sharing our thoughts!) Tolkieknighted. Except it reminds me of laryngitis. Actually I think we need a phrase. A phrase is good. I think I'll start a thread on that one!

[Indril Anarion]

I like Tolkeinites...

What about:

Elven Hobbit Dwarf Wizard Men that are labeled disturbers of the peace????

Just a thought...:D

[LeniFreak]

"Extremely insightful and deeply reflective individuals of rare character and quality who share a deep and abiding knowledge of literary masterworks of extreme detail and delightful creativity, without whom the incredible works of a tremendously talented Oxford professor would fade into obscurity"

That's a good one, but I'll save that for my sig on emails, ha. No, I'll settle for "Tolkienite." Or how about skip nerdy nickname and go for "nerd"?

[-elfearz-]

Originally posted by Elf Girl
People usually refer to me as "the girl who thinks she's and Elf."

My friends call me "Elf Girl",

really? so do mine :p
or elfie...

[Gamigar]

Maybe:
Tolkienaks
I kind of like Hobbiters.


P.S.
I resent being called a geek FrodoFriend.